Contour gauges



Oct. 25, 1955 H. M. VON DUYKE CONTOUR GAUGES Filed May 20, 1954INVENTOR. ,zazg son 776. 7570 Arrow s1:

United States Patent CONTOUR GAUGES Harrison M. Von Duyke, Wilmington,Del., assignor to Modern Products Manufacturing Corporation, Wilmington,Del., a corporation of Delaware Application May 20, 1954, Serial No.431,074

4 Claims. (Cl. 33-175) This invention relates to contour gauges, and itrelates more particularly to a gauge of the type having a plurali-ty ofwires or rods slidably arranged under frictional restraint in a suitableholder whereby, when the device is pressed against a molding, or anyother object of any more or less irregular form, a profile of the samewill be obtained for the purpose of fitting other parts or objectsthereto, or for other purposes.

Heretofore, contour or profile gauges have been provided which, however,when so constructed as to be reasonably efficient, were expensive tomake, and were more or less complicated in their construction andarrangement and in their manner of use.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a contourgauge of the character aforesaid, which may be inexpensivelyconstructed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a contour gauge of thecharacter aforesaid, which may be readily and easily manipulated for itsintended purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a contour gauge of thecharacter aforesaid, which will be simple in its construction yetefficient in its action.

The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be morereadily understood from the following description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a contour gauge embodying the main featuresof the present invention, the same being shown applied to a portion of abaseboard and molding for the purpose of transferring the profilethereof to the other parts which are to be fitted thereto;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, the holder portion being shownpartly in section; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, enlarged, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawingherein are illustrative merely, and that various modifications andchanges may be made in the structure shown without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, in the particular embodiment of the inventiontherein shown, the device consists essentially of a plurality ofrelatively stifi wires or rods 5 of uniform length, which are held sideby side in a common plane by a suitable holder comprising metallic bars6 and 7 between which the wires or rods 5 are disposed.

The rods or wires 5 bear against the inner face of the holder bar 6, butbetween the inner face of the holder bar 7 and the rods or wires 5 thereis mounted a strip 8 of felt or the like, one face of which is preferably secured, by a suitable adhesive 9, to the inner face of the holderbar 7 and the other face of which bears against the wires or rods 5.

At each end of the holder the ends of the bars 6 and 7 are secured toeach other by means of a solidified mass 10 of material which isinitially of paste like form, but which, when the device is assembled,will be of sufficient strength to secure the parts of the holder to eachother. The material known as cold solder is particularly suitable forthis purpose.

2,721,391 Patented Oct. 25, 1955 In the assembling of the device, therods or wires 5 and the felt layer 8 are disposed between the holderbars 6 and 7, which are then held together by a suitable clamping jig,and while so held the cold solder is applied in its initial paste likeform to the ends of the holder bars 6 and 7 in a quantity sufiicient,when the same solidifies, to constitute an effective and permanentholding means to maintain the parts in their assembled relationship.

It will be seen that by the foregoing arrangement there is provided asimple yet efficient form of contour gauge which may be inexpensivelymade, but which is so constructed and arranged as to permit anindication of the profile of any desired object to be instantly obtainedby the mere pressing of the device against the said object.

I claim:

1. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform lengthslidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pairof metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearingagainst the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of feltlike material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar againstwhich strip the rods are frictionally held against undesiredlongitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to eachother at each end comprising a solidified mass of cementitious materialextending across the ends of the holder bars.

2. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform lengthslidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pairof metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearingagainst the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of feltlike material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar againstwhich strip the rods are frictionally held against undesiredlongitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to eachother at each end comprising a solidified mass of metallic cementitiousmaterial extending across the ends of the holder bars.

3. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform lengthslidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pairof metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearingagainst the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of feltlike material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar againstwhich strip the rods are frictionally held against undesiredlongitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to eachother at each end comprising a solidified mass of metallic cementitiousmaterial extending across the ends of the holder bars and which wheninitially applied to the ends of the holder bars is of a paste likeform.

4. In a contour gauge comprising a plurality of rods of uniform lengthslidably mounted side by side in a holder, said holder comprising a pairof metallic bars between which the rods are disposed, said rods bearingagainst the inner face of one of said holder bars, and a strip of feltlike material mounted on the inner face of the other holder bar andagainst which strip the rods are frictionally held against undesiredlongitudinal movement, the means for securing the holder bars to eachother at each end comprising a solidified mass of cold solder extendingacross the ends of the holder bars.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS241,241 Ruge May 10, 1881 FOREIGN PATENTS 24,128 Great Britain 1909

